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Materials Engineering

Atomic Architects

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employ
1 Caltech
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena, CA 1 4% 100% / 0% 0% $95,429 90 — —
2 Cornell
Ithaca, NY
Ithaca, NY 24 8% 50% / 50% 17% $103,277 93 96% —
3 Georgia Tech
Atlanta, GA
Atlanta, GA 55 13% 64% / 36% 15% $89,766 93 89% —
4 MIT
Cambridge, MA
Cambridge, MA 12 5% 17% / 83% 0% $92,324 89 89% —
5 Northwestern
Evanston, IL
Evanston, IL 12 7% 67% / 33% 8% $100,517 91 — —
6 Pennsylvania State
University Park, PA
University Park, PA — 55% — — — — — —
7 Stanford
Palo Alto, CA
Palo Alto, CA 14 4% 43% / 57% 7% $101,304 93 — —
8 U. of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
Berkeley, CA — 11% — — — — — —
9 U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL
Champaign, IL 62 37% 69% / 31% 21% $97,757 95 96% —
10 U. of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI
Ann Arbor, MI 31 16% 58% / 42% 6% $94,989 88 96% —

Crystal Clear Leaders

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employ
1 Carnegie Mellon
Pittsburgh, PA
Pittsburgh, PA — 11% — — — — — —
2 Johns Hopkins
Baltimore, MD
Baltimore, MD 13 6% 69% / 31% 0% $97,254 90 — —
3 Purdue
West Lafayette, IN
West Lafayette, IN 58 43% 78% / 22% 7% $107,346 98 97% —
4 Rice
Houston, TX
Houston, TX 11 8% 91% / 9% 9% $99,159 91 — —
5 Texas A&M University - College Station
College Station, TX
College Station, TX 73 52% 67% / 33% 1% $98,154 95 — —
6 UCLA
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA 36 9% 50% / 50% 8% $89,105 89 — —
7 U. of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA
La Jolla, CA — 29% — — — — — —
8 U. of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA
Santa Barbara, CA — 38% — — — — — —
9 U. of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia, PA 17 5% 41% / 59% 12% $97,895 91 90% —
10 U. of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX
Austin, TX — 22% — — — — — —

Alloy Stars

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employ
1 Arizona State
Tempe, AZ
Tempe, AZ 22 88% 86% / 14% 0% $86,700 91 100% —
2 Columbia
New York, NY
New York, NY — 4% — — — — — —
3 Harvard
Cambridge, MA
Cambridge, MA — 4% — — — — — —
4 North Carolina State
Raleigh, NC
Raleigh, NC 226 40% 20% / 80% 3% $75,348 82 96% —
5 Ohio State
Columbus, OH
Columbus, OH 39 49% 54% / 46% 18% $95,006 93 96% —
6 Princeton
Princeton, NJ
Princeton, NJ — 4% — — — — — —
7 U. of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, CO
Boulder, CO — 71% — — — — — —
8 U. of Washington
Seattle, WA
Seattle, WA 43 42% 47% / 53% 14% $89,728 92 94% —
9 Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA
Blacksburg, VA 59 55% 73% / 27% 8% $91,439 94 96% —
10 Yale
New Haven, CT
New Haven, CT — 3% — — — — — —

Solid State

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employ
1 Colorado School of Mines
Golden, CO
Golden, CO 39 29% 67% / 33% 0% $92,386 92 96% —
2 Duke
Durham, NC
Durham, NC — 5% — — — — — —
3 Iowa State
Ames, IA
Ames, IA 27 85% 85% / 15% 4% $92,818 94 100% —
4 Michigan State
East Lansing, MI
East Lansing, MI 13 83% 62% / 38% 0% $96,191 93 100% —
5 U. of California, Davis
Davis, CA
Davis, CA 24 46% 71% / 29% 17% $80,287 83 89% —
6 U. of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA
Irvine, CA 24 29% 79% / 21% 21% $92,173 91 97% —
7 U. of Florida
Gainesville, FL
Gainesville, FL 34 20% 65% / 35% 3% $85,767 92 96% —
8 U. of Illinois Chicago
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL — 76% — — — — — —
9 U. of Maryland, College Park
College Park, MD
College Park, MD 11 45% 55% / 45% 0% $89,964 92 95% —
10 U. of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, WI
Madison, WI 19 41% 68% / 32% 16% $87,130 88 95% —

Polymer Players

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employ
1 Boston University
Boston, MA
Boston, MA — 13% — — — — — —
2 Brown
Providence, RI
Providence, RI 2 6% 100% / 0% 0% — — — —
3 Case Western Reserve
Cleveland, OH
Cleveland, OH 12 35% 67% / 33% 8% $87,934 81 — —
4 New York University
New York, NY
New York, NY — 9% — — — — — —
5 Northeastern
Boston, MA
Boston, MA — 22% — — — — — —
6 U. of Delaware
Newark, DE
Newark, DE — 72% — — — — — —
7 U. of Houston
Houston, TX
Houston, TX — 76% — — — — — —
8 U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
Chapel Hill, NC — 17% — — — — — —
9 U. of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Pittsburgh, PA 12 59% 83% / 58% 0% $86,734 89 — —
10 Washington State
Pullman, WA
Pullman, WA 13 75% 85% / 15% 23% $84,355 92 100% —

Composite Crew

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employ
1 Clemson
Clemson, SC
Clemson, SC 24 42% 63% / 38% 0% $85,049 87 94% —
2 Florida State
Tallahassee, FL
Tallahassee, FL — 20% — — — — — —
3 Illinois Institute of Technology
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL 5 66% 100% / 0% 20% $89,713 88 — —
4 Michigan Technological
Houghton, MI
Houghton, MI 25 86% 64% / 36% 0% $82,482 85 97% —
5 Oregon State
Corvallis, OR
Corvallis, OR — 75% — — — — — —
6 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY
Troy, NY 14 63% 64% / 36% 21% $81,552 79 100% —
7 Tufts
Medford, MA
Medford, MA — 11% — — — — — —
8 U. of Akron
Akron, OH
Akron, OH — 85% — — — — — —
9 U. of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL
Tuscaloosa, AL 13 71% 92% / 8% 8% $93,827 94 — —
10 U. of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA
Riverside, CA 12 86% 100% / 0% 8% $89,063 90 — —
11 U. of Central Florida
Orlando, FL
Orlando, FL 18 43% 56% / 44% 6% $83,980 93 — —
12 U. of Connecticut
Storrs, CT
Storrs, CT 21 54% 67% / 33% 10% $84,023 87 97% —
13 U. of North Texas
Denton, TX
Denton, TX 11 81% 64% / 36% 0% $76,487 87 94% —
14 U. of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN
Notre Dame, IN — 9% — — — — — —
15 U. of Rochester
Rochester, NY
Rochester, NY — 42% — — — — — —
16 U. of South Florida
Tampa, FL
Tampa, FL — 41% — — — — — —
17 U. of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA — 11% — — — — — —
18 U. of Texas at Dallas
Dallas, TX
Dallas, TX — 72% — — — — — —
19 U. of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
Salt Lake City, UT 30 82% 67% / 33% 0% $89,762 93 — —
20 U. of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA
Charlottesville, VA 6 13% 33% / 67% 0% $98,159 91 — —
21 Vanderbilt
Nashville, TN
Nashville, TN — 5% — — — — — —
22 Washington University in St Louis
Saint Louis, MO
Saint Louis, MO — 12% — — — — — —